pedals - Juan Alderete's PedalsAndEffects

We here at PedalsAndEffects have the wonderful privilege, and opportunity to get hands on with some amazing equipment. Whether its Earthquaker Devices, Digitech, or pedals from smaller boutique companies, we do our best to really get in-depth with effects pedals before we even shoot a single second of film. We want to give you guys the best idea...

Today’s Show Me Your Pedalboard entry comes from Paul! Paul’s a bass player with a very unique aesthetic for his board. But his aesthetic comes with a very personal reason behind it. A horrible tragedy musician’s are commonly subjected to is the theft of their beloved gear. Getting your gear stolen is not something...

Today’s Show Me Your Pedalboard entry comes from bass player Greg, from France! Greg’s board is a modest one, but he manages to make good use of board space and rock out with a mix of boutique pedals! He also reps Aguilar big time! Let’s take a look at what Greg’s rocking out with:...

PedalsAndEffects 3 year anniversary week continues with one of our favorite pedals from one of our favorite pedal builders! Photo credit: proguitarshop.com One of the best companies in the boutique pedal game is Red Panda. They make interesting effects that sound like no other, and they are helping musicians reach new levels in sonic...

Got a short, but sweet one for you today! Joined once again by Nick Reinhart, we have four of the most demonic fuzzes going head to head in an evil fuzz shootout! We featured four fuzzes that all have optimal LED placements on the chassis, so that when the pedals are engaged they simulate...

Today’s Show Me Your Pedalboard entry just might be the most aesthetically uniform pedalboard we’ve featured yet! Today’s board comes from Tim, and he’s rocking a very modest, but very color coordinated board! You can tell a lot of thought was put into this board. Each pedal has its purpose and while there’s no...

I had a great time the other night with reoccurring guest and always genius Nick Reinhart and the insanely talented Justin Meldal-Johnsen at 5starr Sound Labs. We were filming for an upcoming post for PedalsAndEffects and I had some down time and decided to show Nick a couple of older posts I did. One...

Today’s Show Me Your Pedalboard entry comes from Josh! Josh is a bass player who likes to get heavy! We at PedalsAndEffects love our dirt, our fuzz, and our low end in our tone, and we love to see others who love it just as much as we do! In his words Josh plays...

Today’s Show Me Your Pedalboard comes from Andrew from Washington DC! Andrew’s rocking a very modest board that has a great homemade DIY aesthetic! Let’s take a look at what Andrew’s rocking: After what I’m hoping is a tuner, Andrew’s board starts off into an Earthquaker Devices Palisades Overdrive into a Black arts Tone...

Today’s Show Me Your Pedalboard entry comes from Kevin! Kevin’s got a very neatly organized board with plenty of straightforward effects and in his words, the “weird but inspiring stuff.” Let’s take a look at what Kevin is working with: First off, I have to say that I admire how cleanly organized this...

Today’s Show Me Your Pedalboard entry comes from Thomas from the Netherlands! Thomas is a bass player who plays pop/funk but but sometimes branches out into psychedelia and shoegaze and his board definitely accommodates his versatility. Let’s take a look at what Thomas is working with: Thomas rocks a 1977 Ibanez Silver Series Jazz...

Today’s Show Me Your Pedalboard comes from bass player August (who prefers to be called Augie)! Augie’s board has all the bass essentials with the inclusion of a few pedals that can get some really far out sounds. He also has one of the most color coordinated boards I’ve ever seen! Style points! Let’s...